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United States of America “The Immortal” 2008-2023 · 67 rounds on file

Matt Brown

17-13-0 W-L-D in this database

Matt Brown, photograph by Lawscientist
Strike accuracy 1,039/1,874
Takedown accuracy 31/66
Sig. strikes / round 15.5
Control / round 0:53
Inside the distance 88% 15 of 17 wins
Height
6′0″182.9 cm
Reach
75″190.5 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
4510 JAN 1981
Listed weight
170 lb77.1 kg
Well-Rounded Automatically assigned from data across 30 fights - 3.0 takedown attempts and 18% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Grappling 13 6-7-0 vs 1553 avg
Positional Controller 7 3-4-0
Submission Grappler 6 3-3-0
Hybrid 9 6-3-0 vs 1554 avg
Well-Rounded 9 6-3-0
Striking 6 3-3-0 vs 1543 avg
Pressure Striker 4 1-3-0
Distance Striker 2 2-0-0
-- Not classified 2 2-0-0 vs 1477 avg

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 13 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

21 JUN 2008 - beat Matt Arroyo · Technical Knockout 06 SEP 2008 - lost to Dong Hyun Kim · Decision (Split) 15 NOV 2008 - beat Ryan Thomas · Submission 07 MAR 2009 - beat Pete Sell · Technical Knockout 14 NOV 2009 - beat James Wilks · Technical Knockout 27 MAR 2010 - lost to Ricardo Almeida · Submission 03 JUL 2010 - lost to Chris Lytle · Submission 20 NOV 2010 - lost to Brian Foster · Submission 26 JUN 2011 - beat John Howard · Decision (Unanimous) 19 NOV 2011 - lost to Seth Baczynski · Submission 04 FEB 2012 - beat Chris Cope · Technical Knockout 21 APR 2012 - beat Stephen Thompson · Decision (Unanimous) 22 JUN 2012 - beat Luis Ramos · Technical Knockout 08 DEC 2012 - beat Mike Swick · Technical Knockout 20 APR 2013 - beat Jordan Mein · Technical Knockout 17 AUG 2013 - beat Mike Pyle · Technical Knockout 10 MAY 2014 - beat Erick Silva · Technical Knockout 26 JUL 2014 - lost to Robbie Lawler · Decision (Unanimous) 14 MAR 2015 - lost to Johny Hendricks · Decision (Unanimous) 11 JUL 2015 - beat Tim Means · Submission 14 MAY 2016 - lost to Demian Maia · Submission 30 JUL 2016 - lost to Jake Ellenberger · Technical Knockout 10 DEC 2016 - lost to Donald Cerrone · Technical Knockout 11 NOV 2017 - beat Diego Sanchez · Technical Knockout 14 DEC 2019 - beat Ben Saunders · Technical Knockout 16 MAY 2020 - lost to Miguel Baeza · Technical Knockout 16 JAN 2021 - lost to Carlos Condit · Decision (Unanimous) 19 JUN 2021 - beat Dhiego Lima · Technical Knockout 26 MAR 2022 - lost to Bryan Barberena · Decision (Split) 13 MAY 2023 - beat Court McGee · Technical Knockout

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 67 rounds across 30 of 30 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 15.5
Sig. strikes absorbed 12.1
Takedowns landed 0.5
Knockdowns 0.2
Sub. attempts 0.4
Control time 0:53 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 55% 1,039/1,874
Takedowns 47% 31/66
Opponents’ accuracy 45% 808/1,800

Where the strikes land

Head 61% 631
Body 30% 310
Leg 9% 98

And from where

At distance 56% 586
In the clinch 27% 276
On the ground 17% 177

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 13 won Technical Knockout · 13-3
Submission 2 won Submission · 2-5
Decision 2 won Decision (Unanimous) · 2-3 Decision (Split) · 0-2

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
13 MAY 2023 Court McGee Won Technical Knockout R1 4:09 11 8 UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Almeida
26 MAR 2022 Bryan Barberena Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 81 111 UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Daukaus
19 JUN 2021 Dhiego Lima Won Technical Knockout R2 3:02 27 23 UFC Fight Night: Jung vs. Ige
16 JAN 2021 Carlos Condit Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 28 39 UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar
16 MAY 2020 Miguel Baeza Lost Technical Knockout R2 0:18 33 37 UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Harris
14 DEC 2019 Ben Saunders Won Technical Knockout R2 4:55 30 12 UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington
11 NOV 2017 Diego Sanchez Won Technical Knockout R1 3:44 18 12 UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Pettis
10 DEC 2016 Donald Cerrone Lost Technical Knockout R3 0:34 70 63 UFC 206: Holloway vs. Pettis
30 JUL 2016 Jake Ellenberger Lost Technical Knockout R1 1:46 7 21 UFC 201: Lawler vs. Woodley
14 MAY 2016 Demian Maia Lost Submission R3 4:31 10 17 UFC 198: Werdum vs Miocic
11 JUL 2015 Tim Means Won Submission R1 4:44 25 16 UFC 189: Mendes vs McGregor
14 MAR 2015 Johny Hendricks Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 23 36 UFC 185: Pettis vs Dos Anjos
26 JUL 2014 Robbie Lawler Lost Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 82 80 UFC on FOX: Lawler vs Brown
10 MAY 2014 Erick Silva Won Technical Knockout R3 2:11 118 25 UFC Fight Night: Brown vs Silva
17 AUG 2013 Mike Pyle Won Technical Knockout R1 0:29 10 0 UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Sonnen
20 APR 2013 Jordan Mein Won Technical Knockout R2 1:00 40 24 UFC on FOX: Henderson vs Melendez
08 DEC 2012 Mike Swick Won Technical Knockout R2 2:31 25 9 UFC on FOX: Henderson vs Diaz
22 JUN 2012 Luis Ramos Won Technical Knockout R2 4:20 52 20 UFC on FX: Maynard vs Guida
21 APR 2012 Stephen Thompson Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 36 67 UFC 145: Jones vs Evans
04 FEB 2012 Chris Cope Won Technical Knockout R2 1:19 48 20 UFC 143: Diaz vs Condit
19 NOV 2011 Seth Baczynski Lost Submission R2 0:42 19 17 UFC 139: Shogun vs Henderson
26 JUN 2011 John Howard Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 38 20 UFC Live: Kongo vs Barry
20 NOV 2010 Brian Foster Lost Submission R2 2:11 13 25 UFC 123: Rampage vs Machida
03 JUL 2010 Chris Lytle Lost Submission R2 2:02 25 19 UFC 116: Lesnar vs Carwin
27 MAR 2010 Ricardo Almeida Lost Submission R2 3:30 6 15 UFC 111: St-Pierre vs Hardy
14 NOV 2009 James Wilks Won Technical Knockout R3 2:27 45 19 UFC 105: Couture vs Vera
07 MAR 2009 Pete Sell Won Technical Knockout R1 1:32 24 0 UFC 96: Jackson vs Jardine
15 NOV 2008 Ryan Thomas Won Submission R2 0:57 15 15 UFC 91: Couture vs Lesnar
06 SEP 2008 Dong Hyun Kim Lost Decision (Split) R3 5:00 48 12 UFC 88: Breakthrough
21 JUN 2008 Matt Arroyo Won Technical Knockout R2 3:40 32 26 The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs Team Forrest Finale

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